" Closed " Treatment of War Fractures

Medicine and the Spanish Civil War

“…The outcome in 1073 patientsÐonly six deaths and 976 good results' in terms of limb conservation and functionÐ was a dramatic improvement on any previous series 13 . This was subsequently the basis of Trueta's books The Treatment of War Wounds and Fractures and Principles and Practice of War Surgery.…”

Ballistic Fractures During The 2003 Gulf Conflict – Early Prognosis And High Complication Rate

“…type A or B fractures) or isolated ulna/radius or fibula fracture. However POP has been used extensively in the past for all types of open ballistic fractures, Trueta described 225 ballistic tibial fractures treated with debridement and total encasement with POP, reporting 88 per cent good result (24).…”

The Lymphatic System

“…Trueta & Barnes (76) have used the findings of physiology to explain the excellent results obtained by Trueta's method for the treatment of infected wounds by complete im mobilization (77,78), suggesting that the transport of tox:ic prod ucts by way of the lymphatics will be least in an immobilized limb in which lymph flow is least. To test this supposition, Barnes & Trueta (79) have obstructed lymphatic flow but not the blood circulation in the legs of rabbits, by mass ligations including all the tissues except the femoral blood vessels.…”